Ask a frenchman

[inferno]

France is a beautifull country.I have been at st.tropez and surrounding citys. I loved my time there and wished I could stay. Where would you suggest to get a own place which isnt that expensive but has great view nearby(sea).

[manub]

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France is a beautifull country.I have been at st.tropez and surrounding citys. I loved my time there and wished I could stay. Where would you suggest to get a own place which isnt that expensive but has great view nearby(sea).

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I'm afraid the french riviera real estate market has become very expensive. I don't know much about specific spots though. I suggest searching the net for agencies that sell homes there.

[manub]

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1) Why do I like women from France more than women from anywhere else?

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I have no idea! French women are cute but I think it's a typical case of "the grass is greener elsewhere". We tend to find women from foreign cultures very attractive for some reason.


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2) How are the women in France? Can you compare them with other cultures say, compare them against British / American women?

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- more elegant and sophisticated (at least the parisian girls).
- Sexier et overall more sexual
- definitely less friendly though, won't make eye contact, harder to approach


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3) How do French people think about the French Quebec accent?

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We find it extremely funny and sometimes annoying. It's also definitely a turn-off.


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i have played highish (10/20,20/40) stakes nlhe with some spectacularly bad french players who clearly don't care about the money at all.

is there a game this demographic frequents?

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You have just defined what a regular high stakes game looks like in a french casino or Poker room. There are very few pros and lots of live ones.

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how often do 10/20 games run in paris/elsewhere in france?

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Not so often, usually 5/10 or 5/5 is the biggest game around (but with pretty deep stacks), but occasionally you can find a bigger game. The biggest NLHE game in Paris is "the chinese game" with mostly chinese businessmen, it's a 10/20 donkfest. The bigger games are usually mixed games/dealer's choice and these can be as high as 40/80 PL (very agressive though so it equates to 100-200 imo).

I don't really know outside Paris but I'd guess there are private high stakes games going on.

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if i was to visit one french city other than paris what should it be?

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You can have a great time :

- In Lyon, worldwide capital of gastronomy, with some of the best restaurants in the world.
- on the riviera (Cannes, Nice, St Tropez): beautiful, casinos, nude/topless beaches, need I say more?
- Montpellier and Toulouse are also a beautiful cities with great nightlife.

[Dickie_Drain]

Why does your bread taste so amazing?

[manub]

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Why does your bread taste so amazing?

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Ah! Because we have spent centuries perfecting it!

Bread was the main course for French peasants for a long, long time. We've been eating and making bread for so long that we have come up with the best recipe and lots of variants. But if you ask me, nothing beats the good ol' baguette.

[Tien]

I think I like French women because their speech is actually nice to listen to. And I like the sophisticated look they have.


I unfortunately have the French Quebec accent and it hurts my own ears listening to hardcore quebecers speak French.


When I travel to France to try and grab me a French wife, is it better to leave behind my French Quebecer accent and just speak english?

[manub]

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When I travel to France to try and grab me a French wife, is it better to leave behind my French Quebecer accent and just speak english?

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Good question. I think you do stand a better chance going with english, french women tend to find it sexy. It could be good for her to know that you can speak french too.

[WhoIam]

I recently finished a biography of Napoleon and am interested in what modern French people think about him and the era.

[Dan.]

Who's side are you on regarding the French Revolution?

[manub]

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I recently finished a biography of Napoleon and am interested in what modern French people think about him and the era.

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He is regarded as a hero and a military genius. The era has an aura of grandeur and french people are rather proud of that period. After all it was the last time we kicked serious ass, militarily speaking.